Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's 'The Umbrella Academy' coming to Netflix

UPI News Service, 07/13/2017

"The Umbrella Academy," the award-winning comic and graphic novel series created by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and illustrator Gabriel Ba, is coming to Netflix in 2018 as a 10-episode live action series.

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The Eisner award-winning series, published by Dark Horse Comics, follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes, known as The Umbrella Academy, which includes The Monocle, Spaceboy, The Kraken, The Rumor, The Seance, Number Five, The Horror and The White Violin -- as they work together to solve their father's death while coming apart at the seams due to their differing personalities and abilities.

"I am thrilled that The Umbrella Academy has found a home at Netflix. I couldn't think of a better place for the vision Gabriel Ba and myself had when creating the comic, and cannot wait for people to experience that world as a live action show," said Gerard Way.

"The Umbrella Academy" will be produced by Universal Cable Productions.